How to Use inbreeding in a Sentence

inbreeding

noun

• The rise of the feral hog has been a steady process with inbreeding of various breeds of swine.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2023
• The first picks had died, and all the familial inbreeding made the next choice complex.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 July 2022
• Turns out both families are prone to such fits as the result of inbreeding.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 8 May 2022
• Because the gene pool is so small, white tigers are only produced through inbreeding, which can lead to health problems for the tigers.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 7 July 2017
• Of all the samples, only the man whose bones were laid to rest in the heart of Newgrange showed the genetic markers of extreme inbreeding.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 June 2020
• This likely led to inbreeding, which would’ve caused even more problems.
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 12 Feb. 2020
• That inbreeding has resulted in a species less able to adapt to the changing conditions.
  — David McKenzie and Brent Swails, CNN, 28 Oct. 2019
• Sure, Smith and her colleagues could look for known symptoms of inbreeding in mountain lions, like kinked tails.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 2 July 2018
• Today, the animals are alive but not well, due to years of isolation and inbreeding.
  — Justin Chang, chicagotribune.com, 13 Nov. 2019
• White tigers, which are purposely bred for their coloration, are prone to a number of health issues due to inbreeding.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2019
• The isolation can lead to inbreeding, which dilutes the cats’ gene pool and can lead to health and reproductive problems.
  — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 26 Nov. 2019
• Over time, this may also lead to more inbreeding and a lack of genetic variation.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
• Less habitat for the cats also has the potential to increase the likelihood of inbreeding.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2022
• The team was also just looking for the most extreme examples of human inbreeding.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
• This inbreeding resulted in the birth of a tigress named Mohini—one of two white tigers in the litter of four produced by Mohan and his daughter.
  — Azzedine Downes, Scientific American, 22 June 2021
• But the genetics of Roopkund B, showing no sign of isolation or inbreeding, ruled this out, too.
  — Douglas Preston, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020
• Breeding of bulldogs, which are known to have many health problems because of inbreeding and face shape, was recently banned in Norway.
  — Grace Tooheystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022
• The aim is to preserve the herd for the future by keeping it to a sustainable size and warding off the danger of inbreeding and territorial fighting.
  — Washington Post, 27 May 2018
• The capture of the whales decades ago, as well as the geographic or social isolation of the animals, likely explains the inbreeding, the researchers said.
  — Gene Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2023
• But a termite colony is no more related than a human family (at least until the inbreeding starts).
  — Elizabeth Preston, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• Des Esseintes is a dandy and aesthete, sickly from too much inbreeding, the last of his line, with strange and corrupting tastes, a love of apparel, jewellery, scents, rare books and fine bindings.
  — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2020
• By just releasing the pups, there's a lag time for potential inbreeding and a lower likelihood of survival.
  — Andrew Nicla, azcentral, 23 June 2019
• His decline demonstrates one problem with all this inbreeding.
  — Maureen O’Hagan, Quartz, 24 June 2019
• Some of the westside cats are showing dangerous signs of inbreeding, such as kinked tails and other genetic problems.
  — sacbee, 3 Nov. 2017
• But rather than slowing down, the pace of inbreeding has accelerated.
  — Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 28 May 2021
• This arrangement can lead to inbreeding, but female dwarf mongooses have found a simple yet clever way around this problem: look for mates in nearby groups.
  — Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2022
• Some worried that it would be used to study taboo or stigmatizing topics, such as inbreeding and alcoholism.
  — Oscar Schwartz, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2020
• More allegations came out claiming many of his animals were deformed due to inbreeding and not giving the moms enough healthy food while pregnant.
  — Gina Vaynshteyn, refinery29.com, 24 Mar. 2020
• However, the monkey herd struggled with inbreeding and violence ... against zoo staff and each other.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024
• Starting a population from a few individuals leads to inbreeding, which can lead to shorter life spans or difficulty reproducing.
  — Darren Incorvaia, New York Times, 28 May 2024

Last Updated: 10 Aug 2024